I am etymologically surprised this beach is named "Old Golch". Everything that I can find about Lord Howe Island refers to this as "Old Gulch". Fortunately, there is a nice beach at North Bay only 250m south of here - less than the length of an American football field :-)
Lord Howe island is volcanic in origin. The guide reckons it is only 3% of the original size, and in 100,000 years it will be all gone. So, those rocks are probably igneous. The boulders looked like basalt to me.
I'm geologically surprised this beach doesn't have sand. What are the rocks? There's no volcano or glacier nearby. Must get good tides through the narrow opening, too.
Well Julian, seems the kids did a wonderful job on the two pterodactyl nests guarding the entrance to the cove. This is another fantastic Australian vista. All beaches were not meant for swinning, wading, digging or sunbathing. Cheers.
This beach had a real Jurassic Park feel about it. The kids loved building large structures in stone, including giant pterodactyl nests. Fishing was allowed, so adults were busy hunter-gathering. It was not however a conventional beach. It was hard to walk on those rocks, and impossible to lie on them. Well worth looking at, once.
Wow - what a shot! It makes you want to put away the Corona and open up an ice cold Rolling Rock Beer instead. 5 stars!
Wow, what an amazing looking beach. It makes me question how important sand really is. Just set up a comfortable chair and listen to the waves washing over the stones.
